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English grammar is chock full of rules and more often than not many of us tend to get overly enthusiastic with descriptions. When this occurs, grammar check programs will not always pick these out and what remains is English grammar redundancy.

Chances are you won’t have to read far into a newspaper story or magazine article to discover grammar check is not foolproof. Recent examples I discovered in mainstream media include: "adequate enough," "coupled together with," and "an army soldier."

Sometimes explanatory constructions are required in certain contexts. One can make reference to a Mafia soldier; but if the context is the news story about a war, the reader understands the meaning of "solider" without adding on "army."

Besides sounding silly, proper English grammar is lacking because the meaning is replicated and it weakens the expressiveness of the language. Conducting a manual grammar check to ensure the use of proper English grammar is essential.

Other common redundant combinations that have appeared in mainstream news recently include:

• Progress forward
• Forest of trees
• Evacuated out
• Speeding too fast
• Charred black
• Cold refrigerator
• Socialize together
• Two twin towers